PromoTheRobot Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Nope, Trump wants the PR component to trumpet Trump. The team would just be a distraction to him. Buffalo isn't classy enough to support Trump's team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsMagic1 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Everyone has their own ideal situation for the owner but here is why you should want Donald Trump as the next owner... 1) He does not take failure as an option. 2) He does not take sh**from anyone 3) You want Rivalries back in Buffalo? This guy is liable to talk sh** about every divisional opponent and their owner. Oh and outside of the division, ESPECIALLY Jerry Jones because he hates other people with almost as much money as he has. 4) He will NEVER be called cheap. In fact I think he likes to overspend to get what he wants. 5) He has enough common sense to be hands off. He's not a football guy and he knows it. He will hire the right faculty and if they don't perform it's chopping block. 6) I think the NFL needs character and Trump is a character I'd enjoy watching in press conferences on his team. He's going to tell it how it is and not sugar coat it. We need more of that. 7) He has stated his intentions of keeping the team in Buffalo, he sees the importance of the fan base and how detrimental it is to the city. 8) I think everyone who sees Galisano as a better option should look at what he did when he owned the Sabres. Yes, he kept him here and we're all thankful for that but he had no win now mentality and it showed. TRUMP for Owner in 2014... Now for all the haters on why my opinion sucks... Well said and I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) The thing is, every dog in this race has some fleas. Trump, Golisano, Jacobs. Take your pick, I can list some pro's and con's for each. It's likely one or all of them are going to put together bids, along with the Toronto group. Maybe some others too? We still haven't heard from Jim Kelly's group. Not clear just who's involved there. Sure Trump has his flaws. He's comes of as a self-centered ego maniac and at times a B.S. artist. And the other two guys I mentioned have been called 'cheap' at one time or another. But regardless of wishes, some generous, trustworthy, and poor saint of a guy is not going to buy the team. So we have to play the hand we're dealt here. Bottom line: I don't have a problem with any of them as long as they're going to keep the team in Buffalo and have a commitment to winning. Edited May 28, 2014 by All_Pro_Bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 It just baffles me how people here claim a guy who made his way to being a billionaire is "an idiot". So he's worth 2.9 billion.... Idiot! Meanwhile all our brilliant posters what...? have their mortgage 30% paid off and 1500 posts in a bills chat board??!?!! Trump is such an idiot.. You don't think rich people can be idiots? Have you seen the Kardashians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPappy Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Does bankruptcy count as failure? Sorry, most successful business men....or women would say no, it is not failure. It is merely a set back. BigPappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikef272002 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 My concern is this is Donald Trump we're talking about. The guy is about the bottom line $$$ and not anything else. That's how he got to where he is in life, by not giving a crap about anyone's feelings. He would buy the Bills and sell them in 2 or 3 years to profit to the highest bidder. Yes, he will say all the right things now to make you believe he wouldn't do that, but thats called business, it's what he is good at.. He does not take failure as an option? Why has he filled for bankrupcty multiple times on his companies then? If it weren't for that show he was on a few years ago he would of been broke by now. Nothing against the guy personally, but I think it would be a huge mistake for a guy like him to come in and buy the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorom Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Anyone but the douche bag Trump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivermont Mike Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I would be ok with the Trumpster. Does his hair get a position with the team? Mel Kiper, Jr. has Trump's hair as a solid second round pick in the 2015 draft. Runs clean routes, able to get over defensive backs to fight for the ball. Has some trouble finding the ball in the air, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo39416 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 He is by far and away our worst best option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MClem06 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 My views on Golisano is that he took a team that was already composed to the conference finals, played moneyball the rest of the time until he sold it off to Pegula. If you don't like Trump that's fine but just because I find him an interesting pick doesn't mean you have to agree. That's what an OPINION is. Too harsh bud to call me an enemy just cause I said that. wow, someone woke up with is Dingy in some cheerios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo39416 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Sorry, most successful business men who have large inheritances....or women would say no, it is not failure. It is merely a set back. BigPappy Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPappy Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Is money your qualifier of intelligence? Seems by this statement that somehow the two must go hand and hand. You must be a real fan of the collective IQ of Paris Hilton, Kanye West and Justin Bieber. Those three must be Einsteins. Point is that you can be rich and still be a moron, you just have to be good at something. Trump is good at business and self promotion. Still doesn't mean he's not a mouth breather. He may be a real estate mogul by day but at night he's taunting people thru the media like some clown. He doesn't get a pass for being a nut because he's rich, just like Bieber doesn't get a pass for being a douche because he's rich, in my world at least. Truth is that maybe he's not as dumb as he acts, maybe it's just part of his self promotion. Maybe suing Bill Maher to prove that his mother isn't really an orangutan was just another self promotion, or maybe he really wants the world to know his mom was a human and Bill Maher was wrong. Either way it's moronic. Hazed, While I understand the point you are trying to make, your examples are poor when comparing them to Trump. Furthermore, I think you were missing point of his comment. Firstly, I would say that comparing Donald Trump to Paris Hilton, Kanye West and Justin Bieber is just plain silly. Paris Hilton has done nothing but live off the wealth of her family. Some may say, well gee she created her own clothing line and stared on a reality show and yada yada yada. To those who would I say bull S*it! She got the reality star for acting like a rich jack hole living an out of control life style, and the young public eats that stuff up. Networks want to make money, and people can't help but watch when they know the car wreck will come and its only a matter of when. As for her clothing line, she does not make cloths! I will repeat that, She DOES NOT make clothing. She is paid by a clothing manufacturer to put her name on a label. I will group Kanye West and Justin Bieber together since they are both musical artist and I use that term loosely cause imo they suck. Again, how do you compare two people who stand up on a stage and sing for a living to someone who has continued to build wealth through real estate and other business ventures. You can't. You are correct when you say any idiot can be a millionaire or even a billionaire. That said, you would have served your point better by siting people like John D Rockefeller and Henry Ford. Both were poorly educated with no backgrounds of business or economics, but built enormous wealth in business and didn't do it standing on a stage singing and grabbing their crotch. Arguably, you missed the point of his post. He can correct me if I am wrong and if I am wrong I apologize, but I think he was trying to say was that you can't build as much wealth as Trump has and be an idiot, especially in the manor in which he has done it. As a side note, using the term "Poorly educated" does not make you an idiot, and i was not trying to make any connections between the two. I used John D Rockefeller or Henry Ford as examples due to the simple fact that they built a business through hard work and dedication to what they were trying to achieve, not because they were good at something. Flame away everyone. BigPappy Edited May 28, 2014 by BigPappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbalaya Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 If Trump buys the team and builds a stadium I will join the Tea Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbosrrgood Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) I'm for any owner that keeps the Bills in Buffalo long term. I still think there is next to no chance he becomes the owner, and he's just publicly advertising himself. I also don't trust Trump in the least, even if he did buy the Bills, nothing would stop him from selling them again once the clause in the lease expired and profiting big time. No one loves Trump more than himself, and despite what he says publicly he doesn't give a **** about the Bills, Buffalo, or their fans. He's after the spotlight and money, always has been Edited May 28, 2014 by Turbosrrgood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Fixed. Not even close...check out the Forbes 400...nearly every single one is self-made. Just about the only ones that aren't are the Waltons. Also, I can't really get behind the idea that Trump would buy the team and then move them...given that there are a few local options, no owner that claims the team will stay here is going to be taken seriously without presenting a plan for a stadium--and I highly doubt the sale would take place without terms guaranteeing that the stadium plan is put into place prior to (or within a specified time upon) completion of the sale. I just don't think the buy-'em-and-relocate-'em is realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 A lot of that stuff is just a character he plays publicly. He says the right things about Buffalo for now, but I do not trust him for the long-term. I have said it before, but I prefer someone who made their money in one primary business venture as opposed to the 'mogul' type who have buying and flipping in their DNA. Id also rather have guys married to WNY. I would much rather have Pegula, Rich, Golisano, Jacobs or a combo after that the Trump, Milstein, Gurlach group. After that, we'll see. I wonder if Warren Buffett would buy them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazed and Amuzed Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I doubt the other owners would even consider Trump. But he graduated from Penn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBILLSFAN Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Other than an attention seeking whore, who cares? Talk about an inferiority complex and the "woe is me" syndrome ... Woe is us because the Bills are not relevant outside of WNY Woe is us because the Bills do not play on Monday Night or Sunday Night football. Who gives a rats ass. Stop worrying what ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS, or any other national sports coverage media is reporting about. If the Bills generate a winning season, it will have nothing to do with the Bills playing on Monday or Sunday nights, or if the Bills are relevant in the national media. How has the franchise accepted it? Since 2000, how many GMs have there been? How many HC? To a point, I do believe that. However, how do you think he will react when the criticism and shots starts coming from the fan base? Will he ban banners and signs like TD did? Or will he threaten to move the team unless the fan base stops? This could be a good or bad thing, especially if they get short on patience. If you had studied him as closely as you said you did, you would already know this answer. No, he would not. As owner of the USFL Generals, he was hands on and made some notable questionable knee jerk decisions. In the end, he was an utter disaster for the team and league. Furthermore, by stating his time in the USFL as proof of his ability to run a sports team, Trump has further cemented he is a complete buffoon when it comes to football. Be careful what you ask for, you may get it. Guys like him do not go away quietly, and there are no do overs. If you don't think this community has an inferiority complex read some of the posts about this team and the folks just hoping it stays -- I don't know about all of you, I want this team to WIN ! --- How do you find time to type with both of your hands down Trumps pants? Now that was insightful, how many times have you pulled that line out ? Lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazed and Amuzed Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 If you don't think this community has an inferiority complex read some of the posts about this team and the folks just hoping it stays -- I don't know about all of you, I want this team to WIN ! --- Now that was insightful, how many times have you pulled that line out ? Lame I'm guessing not as many times as you've pulled Trumps line out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 He's a sad excuse for a human being....regardless of his personal wealth...he's an attention whore and a blowhard charlatan, carnival barking scumbag who'd be a bleeping nobody if not for his inherited wealth from daddy! WOW!!! Stop it guys, just Stop it already!!! Not sure if you know this, but Trump has donated tons of $ to organizations such as The Wounded Warrior Project, UNICEF, St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters, Pediatric Epilepsy Project, Operation Smile, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Children with AIDS, etc. The list goes on and on. None of you know him well enough to spew this personal crap about him! Having said all of that, I don't want him as my first choice, but damn guys, the weather is nice out and we should all be in better moods than this. JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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